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How schools can help protect kids from sexual abuse
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Founder of LaurensKids.org, Lauren Book, on the launch of a new sexual abuse prevention curriculum
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- Date Oct 2, 2012
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-- child sexual abuse is obviously a match.
That every single one of us takes very seriously and every single one of us with children.
-- terrified about of course so.
How do we prevent sexual abuse how do we educate our children so the day no.
What I managed to sexual abuse how to deal with sexual abuse how I guess to -- to us that parents -- book.
Is a sexual abuse survive and advocate she has got together with Florida State and local leaders.
To try to -- put together a curriculum.
To help kids Lauren book is also the found no all the Lorenz kids I'd -- kids www.
-- kids don't old -- good to see you.
Thank you so much for having me thank you for being here hot tell -- actual campaign why you believe getting information.
Into schools is the way -- is an important way -- -- via.
Well it's really important that we educate our children young and -- educator parents when I was growing up.
-- -- stranger danger and the reality is children are abused 90% of the time by someone they know.
Love and trust so we gotta get kids really young we got to re educate parents.
And through the schools is the best way to do that because -- wanna create a culture of safety we're teachers know how to report went to report which re educate those -- we -- keep kids safe.
And make him the first line of safety -- their own defense so that we we go to Apple's gonna wanna put up here for our viewers and I'm running through a few points would you festival.
I'll one of them is safety awareness what do what do you mean by that.
What's really important.
Their children can identify.
Different behaviors and how they make it and feel it doesn't work to teach children to look for types individuals.
That make them feel -- Because you can't tell if someone is good or bad necessarily by the way that they look.
So once they get if -- -- that makes them feel confused or if he hadn't heard that -- triangle just three or more adults.
If they can talk to about anything and then they can accept help that the Likud and that respect for yourself and -- -- -- Ask -- and that's about body boundaries.
That's that little bubble all around you that that that's your personal space and nobody can enter your personal space.
And you need to respect other other individual's personal stakes.
And when we do that we talk about not only body boundaries but state.
We don't you know can you don't eighteen what you do about.
-- -- did you -- -- -- boundaries self esteem -- important in all of this I guess.
The very much -- teach children that they have autonomy over their bodies and that they can receive that has.
And they get that I think he invented the scaffold knowledge and empowered them to make it pigeons and how to go to those -- that they can talk about anything.
And that's really important we're giving them the tools to be able to protect themselves and let them know that it's okay did say no to -- It -- can't they stop back not -- And -- -- -- and other people within their world understand that and recognize that.
And listening tour -- guiding voice what is -- guiding voice.
And guiding voice -- that little -- inside that helped them determine if something is safe or unsafe.
We know that I thought conscience they've had a bet that little thing that -- wanted something not quite right there to go and what who did.
And if you -- talk about accessing health and it's okay to tell secrets I guess.
Those two go together in this is what -- getting at me the -- trusted triangle explained who they gonna go to how they don't do that.
I'm excited triangle -- -- more adult that they can turn -- that anything.
And really we try and asked teachers to put -- -- Paterno back outside in the end that fell outside of mom -- -- anybody living in the house.
Teach your principles coaching rabbi Fred -- -- -- that maybe that's -- child if -- you know mom or dad -- he can't get the uncle.
Boyfriend girlfriend they can get help outside and -- animals in -- and how important that it.
And the difference between a state secret and unseat the great.
I think -- -- one that will eventually be told and make every one myself.
And I think secret what he's -- -- confused and somebody asked you to keep it and you don't feel -- that I.
-- -- Lauren book thank you very much Lauren Lauren goes again the founder Lawrence kids.
-- Lorenz kids don't all will -- the web site up that.
-- Lauren it's a great program thank you very much good luck -- it down in Florida we hope we gets rolled out through much of the rest of the country great to see Lauren thank you very much indeed.
Thinking how much had a great day all right I want to get to a hot warnings.